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For-profit College in Burbank, CA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $29,633.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $29,633, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $16,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 68% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention is 66% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 4:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 965 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 965 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $51,622 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($36,501 versus $44,247), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 88% of students get grant aid averaging $11,301, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 26% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 232 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $36,501 |
| $30–48k | $34,908 |
| $48–75k | $39,993 |
| $75–110k | $42,667 |
| $110k+ | $44,247 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 250 of these 965 students, totalling $2,277,164 — an average of $9,109 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)